Hand gripping device.



W. FOREMAN.

HAND GRIPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1914.

Patented 00. 23,1917.

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HAND emrrme DEVICE:

T 0; all whom it may concern? V I x I Be 1t known that I, VILLIAMFOREMAN, a

citizen of the United States, residingat J efferson township, in thecounty of Montgomcry. and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hand Gripping Devices, of which the following isa specification. j V

My invention relates to-sa handgripping device. l

Some of the principal objects of said innti n iconsist n p o d ng a gpping device intended to take the place of the human hands, therebypreventing injury to, and the wear and tear of said human hands; as isthe case 1n kltchen work, especially when handling hot pots and kettles:also in laundry work, when manipulating and handling clothes takendirectly from the hotsuds preparatory to rubbing them on the wash-board.Also, to provide a device adapted for service in foundries in handlingand manipulating pieces of hot metal and metallic articles; thusobviating the use of the human hands, and thereby protecting same.

Further objects are to provide a handy and useful device as abovereferred to, that can be readily and easily operated; is simple inconstruction and composed of few parts; and'one which can bemanufactured at a small cost and therefore is inexpensive.

This invention consists essentially,.re ferring briefly and in generalterms to the structure embodying the 'same;of the peculiar construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts and the minor detailsthereof; as will hereinafter be fully and specifically described and setforth in the subjoined claim, all in accordance with the statutes insuch cases made and provided therefor. V 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings constituting a formal part ofthis specification, and illustrating one form of construction forcarrying out the objects and printhe article to be handled, when broughttowardeach other in the act of gripping or in' the posture they assumewhen in operative p0siti0n,-see Fig. 3,with what might be termed largeteeth 0, having a wide space between each,-the two outer ones d beingmuch larger so as to facilitate the operation of gripping :the innersurface or face of each tooth is preferably fiat as clearly shown, so asnot to injure clothes or articles that might be easily damaged when thushandling; but it will of course be obvious that theouter edges of saidjaws A and B, instead of being provided with said teeth, may if sodesired be provided with a roughened and sharp or serrated surface, orsaid edges may in factv be formed and provided Specification of LettersPatent. PatentedOet. 23; 19 17. l l pplication filed Jfun e1,1914.."seriain s iaozef in any suitable manner according to the class i ofarticles it is desired to handle and the kind of work said device isintended for.

1 Jaws A and B are provided at the edge opposite to said teeth, withears 6, and ears f respectively; from which extend or project thehand-holds or handles G and H respectively,of the respective upper andlower sections of said device :the opening of each of said hand-holdsbeing sufiiciently wide and large, to allow the hand of'the person usingthe device to pass through,see Fig. 1; and firmly grasp said hand-holdsand press them toward each other and approximately together, which willalso compress said jaws toward each other until the parts pass from thepositions shown in Fig. 1, and

assume the approximate positions shown in Fig. 3.

Hand-hold G is formed with a brace or strengthening-bar 9, while inhand-hold H this is omitted to allow for the assembling or disconnectingof the two sections composing the device, which are hinged together bymeans of a pintle or hingerod h, which passes through and rests in theeyes of said ears ev and f, and is removably held therein by means of ahead 70 at one end and a nut Z at the opposite and screw-threaded end,-similar to a bolt.

, Mounted uponpintle-h as fully and more specifically shown in Fig. 1,is a spring m,

t the ends m of which project like small arms, and rest or have theirbearing against the jaws A and B, the strength and size of said springbeing suflicient so that ends m will always exert the proper amount'often- L, sion on said jaws to hold them open and apart when in theirnormal position, so that the device is ready to be operated. Said springmay extend along said pintle the entire distance between said ears, oronly' a part of the distance asliere shown.

In practice the devlce is intended to be Copies of this patent may beobtained for terial.

Having now described my hand gripping devicein connection with "theillustrations,-as my invention and as new, I claim- The combination in agripping device of sections having their meeting edges provided with atoothed surface, a hand-hold on each section, a brace-rodforstrengthening one of said hand-holds, a hinged connection locatedbetween said sections on which is mounted a spring for controlling themeet-. ing edges of said sections.

Intestimony whereof I al'fix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F RE AN; lVitnesses: r

HUGH M. WALSH, A. O. MCDONALD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G. 2 o

